Clay Lucas
Clay Lucas is workplace editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport and local government for The Age and Sunday Age. Clay won a Quill with Age investigative reporter Royce Millar in 2009.
Era of the Aussie car over
Ben Schneiders, Clay Lucas Australia's loss-making car industry is under threat and risks closure following Ford's move to end nearly 100 years of local manufacturing.
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Drug giant takes state cash, axes jobs
Clay Lucas and Glenda Kwek Drug giant to receive state government money in bid to boost high-tech jobs in Victoria announces it will sack 120 workers.
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Grocon 'had little regard for safety'
Ben Schneiders, Clay Lucas Builder's safety record attacked by senior executive of one of Australia's biggest developers.
High dollar lands hard in Thomastown
Clay Lucas About 100 workers in Melbourne's northern suburbs will lose their jobs, after Amcor announced it would would close a factory it runs in Thomastown in July and outsource the work to another...
Jobs to go as Amcor cans drinks-lid facility
Clay Lucas Packaging giant Amcor will cut about 300 jobs at three manufacturing sites in Victoria and Queensland, blaming the high value of the dollar.
More jobs to go in BlueScope cull
Clay Lucas, Glenda Kwek THE first day back at work can be tough, but for BlueScope Steel worker Tony Hutt his return from holiday was particularly arduous - his employer announced it would soon cut 170 of about 740 jobs at...
BlueScope starts year with job cuts
Glenda Kwek and Clay Lucas BlueScope Steel will sack about 170 workers within months as it reconfigures a Victorian steel production plant.
Bad letter day for Post staff as bonus shrinks
Clay Lucas CHRISTMAS is always the hardest time of year for Australia Post - last year was its busiest ever thanks to the boom in online shopping.
Move west 'spurned' by workers
Clay Lucas A study finds Australians with construction skills on our east coast won't move to the west.
Toll drives on in tough times
Georgia Wilkins and Clay Lucas Transport major Toll Holdings expects to increase its earnings this financial year despite softer economic conditions affecting large sections of its trucking business.
CSL settles international plasma dispute
Clay Lucas CSL has settled a long-running dispute with its 1700 staff over pay and conditions, after the blood plasma and vaccine company went to Fair Work Australia last week over a union ban on the processing...
Ford supplier's closure leaves 117 jobless
Clay Lucas Troubled auto parts maker CMI Industrial will all but shut down, and 117 workers will lose their jobs after the receivers failed to find a buyer for most of the business.
Fairfax told to talk to printers over sackings
Clay Lucas Fairfax Media management has been told to consult further with about 400 printers at its Melbourne and Sydney presses, who on Monday were told they would be sacked.
'Absolute disgrace': union slams Hastie execs
Clay Lucas The boss of the influential electricians union tells 300 sacked tradesmen they have been badly let down by Hastie's management.
Qantas flags more job cuts
Matt O'Sullivan and Clay Lucas Qantas has signalled it will eventually close its aircraft maintenance base at Avalon Airport, leading to yet more job losses.
Maritime union, Patrick settle pay dispute
Clay Lucas After a 19-month standoff, stevedores Patrick comes to an agreement with Maritime Union.
'I’ve worked there for 18 years. What am I going to do?'
Jane Holroyd and Clay Lucas At least 30 security guards have assembled in and around the entrance to Toyota’s Altona manufacturing plant this morning as the company begins sacking one in ten people who work there.
Shoe stores fined on staff pay
Clay Lucas A record fine has been handed to the former operators of a chain of Melbourne shoe stores.
A precarious life
Clay Lucas More Australians than ever can only find casual or non-permanent jobs that don't offer any security. Are they what the economy needs or are they just being ripped off?
